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CVE-2018-10596
HIGH · CVSS 7.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-07-03T01:29:00.487 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:34:14.603

Summary

Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer uses a virtual private network connection to securely download updates. It does not verify it is still connected to this virtual private network before downloading updates. The affected products initially establish an encapsulated IP-based VPN connection to a Medtronic-hosted update network. Once the VPN is established, it makes a request to a HTTP (non-TLS) server across the VPN for updates, which responds and provides any available updates. The programmer-side (client) service responsible for this HTTP request does not check to ensure it is still connected to the VPN before making the HTTP request. Thus, an attacker could cause the VPN connection to terminate (through various methods and attack points) and intercept the HTTP request, responding with m

Affected products

medtronic — 2090_carelink_programmer_firmware

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References

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